1960's timeline

By BrandtMKendall

  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    The first presidential debate was held at WBBM-TV, Chicago on Monday, September 26, 1960. Howard K. Smith moderated the debate with Sander Canocur

  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dalsa, Texas

  • The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

    The Night That Changed Music forever: The Beatles' American Debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Four lads from Liverpool took to the stage for their first televised performance in America, forever altering the course of music history

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tokin Resolution was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    A gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against North Vietnam from 2 march 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War

  • March on the Pentagon

    The March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War on October 21, 1967. The protest involved more than 100,000 attendees at a rally by the Lincoln Memorial

  • Mai Lai Massacre

    The My Lai massacre was a war crime committed by United States Army personnel on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Son Tinh district, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War

  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    the 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26-29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

  • Newport Jazz Festival

    The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954 and she and her husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years

  • Woodstock

    Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy frame in Bethel, New York

  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Breakup of The Beatles was due to numerous factors: money problems and the death of Brian Epstein, divergent creative visions, and burgeoning artistic impulses

  • Kent State Protest

    The Kent State shootings were the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus.

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have an abortion

  • Chicago 8 Trial

    A riot breaks out during the Democratic National Convention of 1968. A group of 8 men are arrested and put on trial for conspiring to incite the riot